‖ pluris petitio Sc. Law.
(ˈplʊərɪs pɪˈtɪʃɪəʊ)
[L. petītio asking, plūris of more.]
The asking more judicially than is truly due.
| 1760 Ld. Kames Equity i. i. (1767) 226 It is admitted that where the pluris petitio is occasioned by an innocent error..the adjudication ought to be supported as a security for what is justly due. 1838 W. Bell Dict. Law Scot. s.v., Where an adjudication is led for a larger sum than what is actually due to the adjudging creditor, it is said to be a pluris petitio. 1902 Scotsman 3 Jan. 7/3 It is not, I am afraid, a mere matter of pluris petitio. For it brings up at once a difficulty which goes to the substance of the demand. |